diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 878f6d667b17..35480dd57a30 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ void __tty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	tty_lock();
 
+	/* some functions below drop BTM, so we need this bit */
+	set_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags);
+
 	/* inuse_filps is protected by the single tty lock,
 	   this really needs to change if we want to flush the
 	   workqueue with the lock held */
@@ -578,6 +581,10 @@ void __tty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&tty_files_lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * it drops BTM and thus races with reopen
+	 * we protect the race by TTY_HUPPING
+	 */
 	tty_ldisc_hangup(tty);
 
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
@@ -615,7 +622,6 @@ void __tty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	tty->session = NULL;
 	tty->pgrp = NULL;
 	tty->ctrl_status = 0;
-	set_bit(TTY_HUPPED, &tty->flags);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
 
 	/* Account for the p->signal references we killed */
@@ -641,6 +647,7 @@ void __tty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	 * can't yet guarantee all that.
 	 */
 	set_bit(TTY_HUPPED, &tty->flags);
+	clear_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags);
 	tty_ldisc_enable(tty);
 
 	tty_unlock();
@@ -1311,6 +1318,7 @@ static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	struct tty_driver *driver = tty->driver;
 
 	if (test_bit(TTY_CLOSING, &tty->flags) ||
+			test_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags) ||
 			test_bit(TTY_LDISC_CHANGING, &tty->flags))
 		return -EIO;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index c7ea9bc8897c..021bfd2f0860 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ struct tty_file_private {
 #define TTY_HUPPED 		18	/* Post driver->hangup() */
 #define TTY_FLUSHING		19	/* Flushing to ldisc in progress */
 #define TTY_FLUSHPENDING	20	/* Queued buffer flush pending */
+#define TTY_HUPPING 		21	/* ->hangup() in progress */
 
 #define TTY_WRITE_FLUSH(tty) tty_write_flush((tty))